Post by Bobeddy on Apr 13, 2008 12:14:02 GMT -5
Apparently the odds of being killed by lightning are 2,320,000 to 1
One of the top stories over here at the moment....
www.rte.ie/news/2008/0413/lightning.html
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A 14-year-old boy struck by lightning in a Dublin suburb yesterday has died.
Patrick (Paddy) Ryan-Corr was struck by a bolt of lightning as he walked through a green space between Kilclare Gardens and Kilclare Crescent in Tallaght at around 4.30pm yesterday afternoon.
He was just metres from his home and was returning to his house after being out with friends.
AdvertisementPatrick suffered injuries to the left side of his head and exit wounds to his feet.
One of his neighbours witnessed the flash of lightning and then saw him lying on the ground. He was treated by an ambulance crew at the scene before being brought to Tallaght Hospital.
A spokesperson for Tallaght Hospital said that Patrick never regained consciousness and died in the early hours of this morning.
Citywise alternative education centre, which he attended, will offer counselling to his peers tomorrow.
He was in second year of the midschool programme at the centre, which he had been attending since last September, and was due to sit his Junior Cert next year.
In the last few weeks he was presented with a snooker cue by the centre as an award for having the best attendance record.
Teachers said he was a keen snooker player and enjoyed fishing.
He is survived by his parents, two sisters and a brother.
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Suppose it just goes to show that you never really know when it could all come to an end.
One of the top stories over here at the moment....
www.rte.ie/news/2008/0413/lightning.html
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A 14-year-old boy struck by lightning in a Dublin suburb yesterday has died.
Patrick (Paddy) Ryan-Corr was struck by a bolt of lightning as he walked through a green space between Kilclare Gardens and Kilclare Crescent in Tallaght at around 4.30pm yesterday afternoon.
He was just metres from his home and was returning to his house after being out with friends.
AdvertisementPatrick suffered injuries to the left side of his head and exit wounds to his feet.
One of his neighbours witnessed the flash of lightning and then saw him lying on the ground. He was treated by an ambulance crew at the scene before being brought to Tallaght Hospital.
A spokesperson for Tallaght Hospital said that Patrick never regained consciousness and died in the early hours of this morning.
Citywise alternative education centre, which he attended, will offer counselling to his peers tomorrow.
He was in second year of the midschool programme at the centre, which he had been attending since last September, and was due to sit his Junior Cert next year.
In the last few weeks he was presented with a snooker cue by the centre as an award for having the best attendance record.
Teachers said he was a keen snooker player and enjoyed fishing.
He is survived by his parents, two sisters and a brother.
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Suppose it just goes to show that you never really know when it could all come to an end.
